Improvement in bedstead-fastenings



w. MERMT' Be'dstead-Fasjerjing. No.16m41.

mm March 23,1875.

ATTORNEYS.

UNI ED STATES FFIC.

PATENT WYLY MERRITT, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND M.

T. OASTLEBERRY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEDSTEAD-FASTENINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 161,1 1}, dated March23, 1875; application filed December 5, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WYLY MERRITT, of Atlanta, in the county of Fultonand State of Georgia, have invented a new and ImprovedBedstead-Fastening, of which the following is a specification:

The invention consists of a fastening-plate contrived with a curvedT-head, which enters a curved undercut mortise in the post, and holdsfast by the head without screws or bolts, and the plate has acylindrical enlargement, which enters a round hole at the bottom of aslot in the end of the rail, and" holds it without screws or bolts, andwithout requiring the attachment of a special piece to the rail.

The merit of the invention lies in the contrivance of the fastening inone piece, and in the contrivance of the form so that the slots ormortises for connecting it to the post and rail may be quickly made byrevolving cutters.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the plate, and section of the post andrail, showing the rail and post fastened together. Fig. 2 is a top .viewof the plate. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the plate. Fig. 4 is afront elevation of The post, and Fig. 5 is a top View of the rar Similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts. r

A is the plate; B, the curved -T-head for lockin g in the post; 0, thecylindrical enlargement for locking in the rail; D, the circularundercut mortise in the post, and E the slot with the cylindricalenlargementF at the bottom in the rail for the plate. At the top of thehead B are shoulders G, which rest on the top H of the walls of thenarrow portion of the mortise D, to prevent the plate from descendingtoo low, and at the bottom of the enlargement G is a flange, I, whichholds the rail from falling too low.

It will be seen that the mortise D can be readily cut by revolvingcutters, first using one to cut out the middle portion, and then one ormore to form the undercut portions, and the slot in the rail can beformed by a boring-tool and a saw, the whole being quickly and cheaplydone.

. Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patcut-- 1. The combination of the curved T-headedplate A, having an enlarged portion, 0, with the post having a curvedundercut mortise, D, and the rail having the slot E, with theenlargement F at the bottom, substantially as specified.

2. The improved fastening-plate A, having a curved T-head, B, withshoulders G and the flanged cylindrical enlargement O, substantially asspecified.

his \VYLY MERRITT.

mark. Witnesses W. O. MERRITT, HoKE SMITH.

